"The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say,c Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us."
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Verse Micah 3:11. _THE HEADS THEREOF JUDGE FOR REWARD_] This does not
apply to the _regular law officers_, who have their proper _salaries_
for giving up their whole time and attention to the conscien...
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THE HEADS THEREOF JUDGE FOR REWARD - Every class was corrupted. One
sin, the root of all evil 1 Timothy 6:10, covetousness, entered into
all they did. It, not God, was their one end, and so their God....
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THE SECOND PROPHETIC MESSAGE
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. Address to the godless princes and judges (Micah 3:1) _
2. Address to the false prophets (Micah 3:5)
3. The verdict of judgment (Micah 3:9)
Micah 3:1. T...
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FALSE CONFIDENCE ISSUING IN THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. Micah again
addresses the rulers, who have founded the prosperity of the capital
on violence and injustice (Micah 3:9 f.;_ cf._ Jeremiah 22:13...
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JUDGE FOR REWARD, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 23:8;
Deuteronomy 10:17; Deuteronomy 16:19; Deuteronomy 27:25. The same word
in all these passages). App-92....
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_THE SINS OF THE LEADERS OF JERUSALEM -- MICAH 3:9-11:_ In a scathing
rebuke Micah wrote about the injustice of rulers and love of money of
prophets. He said, "You leaders accept bribes for dishonest...
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CONCLUSION OF THE DENUNCIATIONS. Micah 3:9-12
RV. Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers
of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
They build up Zi...
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The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for
hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean
upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil c...
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WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES
Micah returns to his indictment against the people's leaders. Their
power was given for the sake of justice, and they have abused it for
extortion (Micah 3:1). Their time sha...
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MICAH SPEAKS A MESSAGE FROM GOD TO ALL THE NATIONS
MICAH
_LES PAINTER_
CHAPTER 3
SECTION 2
3:1-5:15 MICAH ACCUSES FALSE LEADERS. HE PROMISES THAT A GOOD, FAIR
KING WILL COME
3:1-12 THE FALSE LEA...
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FOR REWARD. — Every function is carried out by judges, priests, and
prophets through bribery, and yet they claim and count upon the
protection of Jehovah. They rely for safety upon the presence of the...
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רָאשֶׁ֣יהָ ׀ בְּ שֹׁ֣חַד יִשְׁפֹּ֗טוּ
וְ כֹהֲנֶ֨יהָ֙ בִּ מְחִ֣יר יֹור֔וּ וּ
נְבִיאֶ֖יהָ בְּ כֶ֣סֶף יִקְסֹ֑מוּ
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THE PROPHET OF THE POOR
Micah 2:1; Micah 3:1
WE have proved Micah's love for his countryside in the effusion of his
heart upon her villages with a grief for their danger greater than his
grief for Je...
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THE PUNISHMENT OF AVARICE
Micah 3:1-12
The princes who as magistrates should have administered justice to
others sat around the caldron, casting in the very flesh and skin of
the people whom they we...
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Addressing himself directly to the rulers of the people, in this
second message the prophet describes their peculiar sin, and announces
the coming judgment. He then foretells the coming of the one tru...
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_Hire. It is not lawful to refuse instruction to those who have
nothing; nor must priests act solely for a temporal reward, though
reason shews that they should be supported by those whom they have to...
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The Chapter closeth as it opened, full of judgment; but all
preparatory to mercy, as the following Chapter declares. Indeed we
ought to read both together, that we might do as the Psalmist did,
when h...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
The prophecy of Micah, like all the rest, has its own distinctive
properties, though falling into the general current of testimony to
Israel, and so far wit...
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The Prophet shows here first, how gross and supine was the hypocrisy
of princes as well as of the priests and prophets: and then he
declares that they were greatly deceived in thus soothing themselves...
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The prophet again denounces the heads and princes of Jacob. They
should cry unto Jehovah. But He would not hear them. No prophet should
enlighten them with the light of His word. The seers should be
c...
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THE HEADS THEREOF JUDGE FOR REWARD,.... That is, the heads or
principal men of Zion and Jerusalem; the kings, or sanhedrim,
according to Kimchi; but as this prophecy was delivered in the times
of Heze...
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The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for
hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean
upon the LORD, and say, [Is] not the LORD among us? none evil...
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_Hear this, ye heads of the house of Jacob_, &c. This address to the
great men, shows the prophet's courage and impartiality. _That abhor
judgment_, &c. Who do not love to pass a right judgment in mat...
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THE SINS OF THE RULERS AND THE DESOLATION OF ZION.
Also in this Chapter the discourse is directed to the nobility of the
people, who abused the authority of their high official station by
oppressing...
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AND SAY:
_ Heb._ saying...
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9-12 Zion's walls owe no thanks to those that build them up with blood
and iniquity. The sin of man works not the righteousness of God. Even
when men do that which in itself is good, but do it for fil...
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THE HEADS THEREOF JUDGE FOR REWARD; whereas the judges were God's
deputies, to hear and determine causes, as the merit of the causes
were found, without respect of persons, they should have been caref...
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Micah 3:11 heads H7218 judge H8199 (H8799) bribe H7810 priests H3548
teach H3384 (H8686) pay H4242 prophets H5030 divine H7080 (H8799)
money H3701 lean H8172 (H8735) LORD H3068 say H559 (H8800) LORD H...
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HE SUMMARISES THE SITUATION IN THE LAND AND DECLARES WHAT WILL COME
UPON THEM AS A RESULT (MICAH 3:9).
Micah now advises the corrupt leaders of their sins and of what is
coming on them because of the...
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CONTENTS: Coming judgments of the captivities. The priests and
prophets rebuked.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, princes, prophets.
CONCLUSION: Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well simply because...
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Micah 3:10. _They build up Zion with blood._ The Chaldaic reads, they
build up the houses of Zion with blood. They oppress the poor to a
premature death, in order to build their town and country house...
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_Hear this. .. ye heads of the house of Jacob. .. that abhor judgment,
and pervert all equity _
RECTITUDE
I. There is an eternal law of “right” that should govern man in
all his relations. Right, as...
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MICAH 3:1 The Present Injustice and the Future Prospect of Just Rule
in Jerusalem. The second section focuses on the corrupt leadership in
the house of Israel (Micah 3:1). Jerusalem’s restoration amon...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
MICAH 3:9. HEAR] Resumed from Micah 3:1. HEADS] Whose ungodly conduct
is briefly summed up again. ABHOR] As a thing loathsome and abominable
(Heb.)
MICAH 3:10. BUILD] Lit. building w...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 3:1-5:15
Part II. DENUNCIATION OF THE CRIMES OF THE GRANDEES, FOLLOWED BY A
PROMISE OF THE GLORIFICATION OF ZION, THE BIRTH OF MESSIAH, AND THE
HIGHEST EXALTATION OF THE PEOPLE.
MI...
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Now the Lord speaks of the coming judgment that is going to come
against those that have gone into captivity.
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the
house of Israel; Is...
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1 Peter 5:2; 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 12:4; 1 Samuel 4:3; 1 Samuel 8:3;
1 Timothy 3:3; 2 Peter 2:1; 2 Peter 2:14; 2 Peter 2:15; Acts 8:18;...
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Lean — Pretend to trust in him. Among us — As our God and our
shield....